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    Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was an American politician and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama...
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    USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 79th overall for the class. She...
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    Incumbent Republican Senator Jeremiah Denton lost re-election to Democrat Richard Shelby by 6,823 votes. Jeremiah Denton, incumbent Senator since 1981...
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  • Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, recounting his experiences as an American prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. A Navy pilot, Denton's jet was shot...
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  • American politician Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), US Senator and naval officer Jeremiah Koung (born 1978), Liberian politician Jeremiah T. Mahoney (1878–1970)...
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    primary by Jim Folsom, who lost the general election to Republican Jeremiah Denton. Denton was the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since...
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    Jeremiah Denton Airport (FAA LID: 4R9), formerly Dauphin Island Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport in Mobile County, Alabama, United States...
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    sixteen races the margin of victory was under 10%. Incumbent Republican Jeremiah Denton ran for a second term but lost to Democrat Richard Shelby. Shelby,...
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  • the U.S. war effort. During one such event in 1966, then-Commander Jeremiah Denton, a captured Navy pilot, was forced to appear at a televised press conference...
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    1978 to 1981. He succeeded Maryon Pittman Allen and was succeeded by Jeremiah Denton. Prior to Stewart's time in the Senate, he served in the Alabama Senate...
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    Previously Denton was the executive director of Heldref Publications, founded by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and her husband Evron. Denton was the son of Jeremiah Denton...
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    military captors. These eleven POWs were: George Thomas Coker, USN; Jeremiah Denton, USN; Harry Jenkins, USN; Sam Johnson, USAF; George McKnight, USAF;...
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    Harrisburg Harvey C. Barnum Jr. Hector A. Cafferata Jr. Idaho Iowa Jeremiah Denton John Basilone John F. Kennedy Kingsville Lansing Louis H. Wilson Jr...
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    Senator Dale Dye, actor Frank Sutton, actor George Kennedy, actor Jeremiah Denton, US Senator Donnie Dunagan, actor Mark Esper, 27th US Secretary of...
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    Major General Patrick J. Hurley, USAR: Secretary of War. Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, USN: US Senator. Brigadier General Joe Foss, ANG: Medal of Honor recipient...
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    Shipbuilding 9 March 2022 15 August 2023 Norfolk, Virginia Launched Jeremiah Denton DDG 129 III Ingalls Shipbuilding 16 August 2022 Keel laid William Charette...
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    the Golden Gun J. R. Swackhammer When Hell Was in Session Commander Jeremiah Denton 1980 Off the Minnesota Strip Bud Johansen 1981 The Killing of Randy...
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  • returned to their prisons. The following day, senior American officer Jeremiah Denton was taken at bayonet point to see a North Vietnamese camp commander...
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  • FAA LID: DTO), also known as Denton Airport and previously Denton Municipal Airport, in Denton, Texas, U.S. Jeremiah Denton Airport (FAA LID: 4R9), formerly...
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    full term, but was defeated in the primary. In November, Republican Jeremiah Denton defeated Democrat Jim Folsom, Public Service Commissioner. Incumbent...
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    QST magazine. Another example occurred in 1966 when prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton, brought on television by his North Vietnamese captors, Morse-blinked...
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  • allowed to talk, by tapping on another's thigh. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton developed a vocal tap code of coughs, sniffs and sneezes. By overcoming...
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    Force Cross recipient, political activist, was cellmates with McCain. Jeremiah Denton, US Navy pilot, Senator (R-AL). Leon F. "Lee" Ellis, USAF fighter pilot...
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    (DDG-127) (Under construction) USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) (Launched) USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) (Under construction) USS William Charette (DDG-130) (Under...
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    won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Republican Jeremiah Denton, the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since Reconstruction...
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    the general election, Folsom lost by a narrow margin to Republican Jeremiah Denton, who was aided by the Ronald Reagan landslide, which helped Republican...
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    Grassley; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin) Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum) Juvenile Justice (Chair: Arlen...
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  • Senator Denton may refer to: Bobby E. Denton (born 1938), Alabama State Senate Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1981 to 1987...
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    ships Flight III ships Jack H. Lucas Louis H. Wilson Jr. Ted Stevens Jeremiah Denton William Charette George M. Neal Quentin Walsh Sam Nunn John E. Kilmer...
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  • Muscle Shoals. Denton retired from the State Senate in 2010. He is unrelated to former Alabama U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton, a Republican. Denton was born during...
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